Canada and the United States ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft and ban the jet from their airspace until further notice. It is now effectively grounded worldwide, with no operators remaining unaffected by grounding orders.

Canada is grounding all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and banning the jet from its airspace until further notice in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board, including 18 Canadians.

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